IPL Kolkata Knight Riders team skipper Sourav Ganguly is to skip the Olympics torch relay on April 17. Sourav Gnguly, who said Bhutia’s decision was his personal choice, said he had to attend the IPL inaugural clash with Bangalore Royal Challengers on April 18, which is why he can’t attend the run.
Indian football skipper Baichung [...]
April 2nd, 2008 | Posted in Controversy, Kolkata Knight Riders | No Comments
Kolkat Knight Riders captain Sourav Ganguly thinks the DLF IPL Twenty20 would propel him back to India’a ODI squad. Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid (Bangalore Royal Challengers), who both have scored more than 10,000 runs in One-Day internationals, did not find a place in the Indian ODI team after selectors and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni [...]
March 31st, 2008 | Posted in Foreign Players, Kolkata Knight Riders | No Comments
Kolkata Knight Riders team owner and Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan has landed in a soup over ticket distribution of DLF IPL Twenty20 matches.
Cricket Members Forum of Bengal has filed a case in a Kolkata court challenging the authority of Cricket Association of Bengal to distribute tickets for the tournament.
The forum wants free tickets to [...]
March 26th, 2008 | Posted in Business, Kolkata Knight Riders | 3 Comments
The Indian ODI & Twenty20 captain does not hide his aversion for Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid, who have both scored more than 10,000 runs each in one-day cricket
Indian Team’s one-day and Twenty20 captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings) has justified his decision to exclude Sourav Ganguly (Kolkata Knight Riders) and Rahul Dravid (Bangalore [...]
March 20th, 2008 | Posted in Bangalore Royal Challengers, Chennai Super Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders | No Comments
Shah Rukh Khan, who is the co-owner of Kolkata’s IPL team Kolkata Knight Raiders, said he was very happy to be a party in the team which will be led by Sourav Ganguly.
At the function, Shah Rukh launched the official team logo of “Kolkata Knight Raiders” and also launched “Hoog Lee”, its mascot, which is [...]
March 13th, 2008 | Posted in Kolkata Knight Riders | 3 Comments
Australian John Buchanan formally joins as coach
Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly, Bolywood stars Shah Rukh Khan And Juhi Chawla unveiled the team name and jerseys for Kolkata IPL – Kolkata Knight Riders is the name of the squad , which would have black and gold as its jersey and Bengal tiger Hoog Lee as its [...]
March 12th, 2008 | Posted in Business, Foreign Players, General, Kolkata Knight Riders, Team Owners | 15 Comments
As a cash-rich IPL basks in the pre-tournament hype, Kolkata and Mohali franchaise team owners, Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan and Priety Zinta, are coming up with innovative techniques to sustain the momentum of publicity.
Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta have reportedly working been on theme song music videos for their respective IPL teams.
SRK has [...]
March 10th, 2008 | Posted in Kolkata Knight Riders, Mohali, Team Owners | No Comments
The Indian Premier League may see the extension of hostilities generated during India’s recent tour of Australia, media reports said.
A Kolkata-based newspaper quoted an unnamed senior Indian player to this effect, hinting at a strong possibility that the Australian players would get a hostile reception.
The unnamed senior player, commenting on the availability of Australian players [...]
March 7th, 2008 | Posted in Controversy, Foreign Players | 1 Comment
Update: Nope. Mishab Ul Haq has been bought by Bangalore Royal Challengers.
IPL’s Kolkata team , owned by Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan, has reportedly signed up star Pakistan batsman Misbah-ul-Haq.The Pakistan Cricket Board has also cleared Misbah-ul-Haq’s IPL stint.
Reports said Misbah-ul-Haq has signed up for $1,80,000 (72,50,400) Indian rupees) by the Kolkata IPL team.
The [...]
March 3rd, 2008 | Posted in Kolkata Knight Riders | 1 Comment